PURCHASE AGREEMENT
between
United Auto Credit Financing LLC
Purchaser
and
UNITED AUTO CREDIT CORPORATION
Seller
Dated as of February 28, 2025
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Exhibit 10.8
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
between
United Auto Credit Financing LLC
Purchaser
and
UNITED AUTO CREDIT CORPORATION
Seller
Dated as of February 28, 2025
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS |
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SECTION 1.1 |
General. |
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SECTION 1.2 |
Specific Terms. |
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SECTION 1.3 |
Usage of Terms. |
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SECTION 1.4 |
No Recourse. |
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SECTION 1.5 |
Action by or Consent of Noteholders and Certificateholders. |
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ARTICLE II. CONVEYANCE OF THE RECEIVABLES AND THE OTHER CONVEYED PROPERTY |
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SECTION 2.1 |
Conveyance of the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property |
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ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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SECTION 3.1 |
Representations and Warranties of the Seller. |
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SECTION 3.2 |
Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser. |
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ARTICLE IV. COVENANTS OF SELLER |
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SECTION 4.1 |
Protection of Title of the Purchaser |
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SECTION 4.2 |
Other Liens or Interests |
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SECTION 4.3 |
Costs and Expenses |
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SECTION 4.4 |
No Impairment |
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SECTION 4.5 |
Indemnification |
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ARTICLE V. REPURCHASES |
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SECTION 5.1 |
Repurchase of Receivables Upon Breach of Warranty |
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SECTION 5.2 |
Reassignment of Purchased Receivables |
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SECTION 5.3 |
Waivers |
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ARTICLE VI. MISCELLANEOUS |
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SECTION 6.1 |
Liability of Seller |
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SECTION 6.2 |
Merger or Consolidation of Seller or the Purchaser |
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SECTION 6.3 |
Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others |
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SECTION 6.4 |
Seller May Own Notes or the Certificates |
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SECTION 6.5 |
Amendment |
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SECTION 6.6 |
Notices |
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SECTION 6.7 |
Merger and Integration |
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SECTION 6.8 |
Severability of Provisions |
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SECTION 6.9 |
Intention of the Parties |
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SECTION 6.10 |
GOVERNING LAW |
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SECTION 6.11 |
Counterparts |
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SECTION 6.12 |
Further Conveyance of the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property |
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SECTION 6.13 |
Nonpetition Covenant |
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SECTION 6.14 |
Third-Party Beneficiaries |
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SECTION 6.15 |
Electronic Signatures. |
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SCHEDULES |
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Schedule A |
Schedule of Receivables |
Schedule-A-24 |
Schedule B |
Representations and Warranties of Seller |
Schedule-B-25 |
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PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of February 28, 2025, executed between United Auto Credit Financing LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Purchaser (the "Purchaser"), and United Auto Credit Corporation, a California corporation, as Seller (the "Seller").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Purchaser has agreed to purchase from the Seller, and the Seller, pursuant to this Agreement, is transferring to the Purchaser on the Closing Date, the Receivables and Other Conveyed Property.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements hereinafter contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged, the Purchaser and the Seller, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
SECTION I.1 General. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2025 (the "Sale and Servicing Agreement"), by and among United Auto Credit Financing LLC, as Depositor, United Auto Credit Corporation, as Servicer, United Auto Credit Securitization Trust 2025-1, as Issuer (the "Issuer"), and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Backup Servicer and Indenture Trustee (in such capacity, the "Indenture Trustee"), or if not defined therein, in the Indenture, dated as of February 28, 2025 (the "Indenture"), between the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION I.2 Specific Terms. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:
"Agreement" shall mean this Purchase Agreement.
"Cutoff Date" means February 28, 2025.
"Indenture" means the Indenture referred to in Section 1.1.
"Other Conveyed Property" means all monies received on the Receivables after the Cutoff Date conveyed by the Seller to the Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(i) and all property conveyed by the Seller to the Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(ii) through (viii).
"Purchase Agreement Collateral" has the meaning specified in Section 6.9.
"Receivables" means the Receivables listed on the Schedule of Receivables attached hereto.
"Repurchase Event" means the occurrence of a breach of any of the Seller's representations and warranties set forth on the Schedule of Representations or any other event which requires the repurchase of a Receivable by the Seller or the Purchaser under the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
"Schedule of Receivables" means the Schedule of Receivables sold and transferred pursuant to this Agreement which is attached hereto as Schedule A (which schedule may be in the form of an electronic copy stored on a flash drive or computer disk).
"Schedule of Representations" means the Schedule of Representations and Warranties of Seller attached hereto as Schedule B.
SECTION I.3 Usage of Terms. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any instrument governed hereby and in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.
SECTION I.4 No Recourse. Without limiting the obligations of Seller hereunder, no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, under this Agreement or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against any officer, employee, agent, member or manager, as such, of Seller.
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SECTION I.5 Action by or Consent of Noteholders and Certificateholders. Whenever any provision of this Agreement refers to action to be taken, or consented to, by the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, such provision shall be deemed to refer to the Noteholders or the Certificateholders, as the case may be, of record as of the Record Date immediately preceding the date on which such action is to be taken, or consent given, by Noteholders or the Certificateholders. Solely for the purposes of any action to be taken, or consented to, by Noteholders or the Certificateholders, any Note or Certificate registered in the name of the Seller, the Purchaser or any Affiliate thereof shall be deemed not to be outstanding; provided, however, that, solely for the purpose of determining whether the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee is entitled to rely upon any such action or consent, only Notes or Certificates which the Owner Trustee or a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
SECTION II.1 Conveyance of the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property.
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SECTION III.1 Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller makes the following representations and warranties as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, on which the Purchaser relies in purchasing the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property hereunder and in transferring the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property to the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Such representations are made as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, but shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property hereunder, and the sale, transfer and assignment thereof by the Purchaser to the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture. The Seller and the Purchaser agree that the Purchaser will assign to the Issuer
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all of the Purchaser's rights under this Agreement and that the Indenture Trustee will thereafter be entitled to enforce this Agreement against the Seller in the Indenture Trustee's own name on behalf of the Noteholders.
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SECTION III.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser. The Purchaser makes the following representations and warranties as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, on which the Seller relies in selling, assigning, transferring and conveying the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property to the Purchaser hereunder. Such representations are made as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, but shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property hereunder and the sale, transfer and assignment thereof by the Purchaser to the Issuer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture.
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SECTION IV.1 Protection of Title of the Purchaser.
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SECTION IV.2 Other Liens or Interests. Except for the conveyances hereunder, the Seller will not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on the Receivables or the Other Conveyed Property or any interest therein; the Seller will immediately notify the Purchaser of the existence of any Lien on any Receivable with respect to which the Seller has actual knowledge; and the Seller shall defend the right, title, and interest of the Purchaser, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in and to the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property against all claims of third parties claiming through or under the Seller.
SECTION IV.3 Costs and Expenses. The Seller shall pay all reasonable costs and disbursements in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and under the other Basic Documents to which it is a party.
SECTION IV.4 No Impairment. The Seller covenants that it shall take no action, nor omit to take any action, which would impair the rights of the Purchaser, the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in any Receivable.
SECTION IV.5 Indemnification.
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Indemnification under this Section 4.5 shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation (including any reasonable attorney's fees, costs (including court costs) and expenses incurred in connection with (i) any enforcement (including any action, claim or suit brought) by the Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee or Backup Servicer of any indemnification or other obligation of the Seller, any other party to the Basic Documents or any other Persons and (ii) a successful defense, in whole or in part, of any claim that the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Backup Servicer breached its standard of care) and shall survive payment of the Notes and the Certificates. The indemnity obligations hereunder shall survive any termination or assignment of this Agreement, or the resignation or removal of any party, and shall be in addition to any obligation that the Seller may otherwise have. In the event the Seller fails to provide such indemnity payments due pursuant to this Section to the Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee or Backup Servicer, the Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee and Backup Servicer shall collect such indemnity amounts pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Trust Agreement (with respect to the Owner Trustee), Section 5.7(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or Section 5.6 of the Indenture.
SECTION V.1 Repurchase of Receivables Upon Breach of Warranty. Upon (a) the discovery by the Depositor, the Servicer or the Issuer, or (b) the receipt of written notice by or actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee or Backup Servicer, of the occurrence of a Repurchase Event, the Seller shall, unless the breach which is the subject of such Repurchase Event shall have been cured in all material respects using commercially reasonable efforts, repurchase the Receivable(s) and the Other Conveyed Property relating thereto from the Issuer if the interest of the Noteholders in such Receivable and the Other Conveyed Property is materially and adversely affected by any such breach and, simultaneously with the repurchase of such Receivable and the related Other Conveyed Property, the Seller shall deposit the Purchase Amount in full, without deduction or offset, to the Collection Account, pursuant to Section 5.6 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement. It is understood and agreed that, except as set forth in this Section 5.1, the obligation of the Seller to repurchase any Receivable and the related Other Conveyed Property as to which a breach occurred and is continuing, shall, if such obligation is fulfilled, constitute the sole remedy against the Seller for such breach available to the Purchaser, the Issuer, the Backup Servicer, the Noteholders, the Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders or the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders. The provisions of this Section 5.1 are intended to grant the Issuer a direct right against the Seller to demand performance hereunder, and in connection therewith, the Seller waives any requirement of prior demand against the Purchaser with respect to such repurchase obligation. Any such repurchase shall take place in the manner specified in Section 3.3 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Sale and Servicing Agreement to the contrary, the obligation of the Seller under this Section shall not terminate upon a termination of the Seller as Servicer under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and shall be performed in accordance with the terms hereof notwithstanding the failure of the Servicer or the Purchaser to perform any of their respective obligations with respect to such Receivable under the Sale and Servicing Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Indenture Trustee shall have no duty to ensure the eligibility of any Receivable for purposes of this Agreement or to enforce the repurchase obligations of the Seller.
In addition to the foregoing and notwithstanding whether the related Receivable shall have been repurchased by the Seller, the Seller shall indemnify the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Backup Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders from and against all costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims and liabilities, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and court costs (including those incurred in connection with any enforcement (including any action, claim or suit brought) by the Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee or Backup Servicer of any indemnification or other obligation of the Seller), which may be asserted against or incurred by any of them arising out of the events or facts giving rise to such Repurchase Events. In the event the Seller fails to provide such indemnity payments due pursuant to this Section to the Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee or Backup Servicer, the Owner Trustee, Indenture Trustee and Backup Servicer shall collect such indemnity amounts pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Trust Agreement (with respect to the Owner Trustee), Section 5.7(b) of the Sale and Servicing Agreement or Section 5.6 of the Indenture. The indemnity obligations hereunder shall survive any termination or assignment of this Agreement, or the resignation or removal of any party, and shall be in addition to any obligation that the Seller may otherwise have.
SECTION V.2 Reassignment of Purchased Receivables. Upon deposit in the Collection Account of the Purchase Amount of any Receivable repurchased by the Seller under Section 5.1 of this Agreement, the Purchaser shall, without further action, be deemed to transfer, assign, set-over and otherwise convey to the Seller, without recourse, representation or warranty, all the right, title and interest of the Purchaser in, to and under such repurchased Receivable, all other related Other Conveyed Property and all monies due or to become due with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof, and the Purchaser and the Issuer (pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement) shall take such steps as may be reasonably requested by the Seller in order to assign to the Seller all of the Purchaser's right, title and interest in and to such Receivable and all security and documents and all Other Conveyed Property conveyed to the Purchaser directly relating thereto, without recourse, representation or warranty, except as to the absence of Liens created by or arising as a result of actions of the Purchaser or the Issuer. Such assignment shall be a sale and assignment outright, and not for security. If, following the reassignment of a Purchased Receivable, in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding, it is held that the Seller may not enforce any such Receivable on the ground that it shall not be a real party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce the Receivable, the Purchaser shall, at the expense of the Seller, take such steps as the Seller deems reasonably necessary to enforce the Receivable, including bringing suit in the Purchaser's name.
SECTION V.3 Waivers. No failure or delay on the part of the Purchaser, or the Issuer as assignee of the Purchaser, or the Indenture Trustee as assignee of the Issuer, in exercising any power, right or remedy under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single
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or partial exercise of any such power, right or remedy preclude any other or future exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power, right or remedy.
SECTION VI.1 Liability of Seller. The Seller shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations in this Agreement specifically undertaken by the Seller and the representations and warranties of the Seller set forth herein.
SECTION VI.2 Merger or Consolidation of Seller or the Purchaser. Any corporation or other entity (a) into which the Seller or the Purchaser may be merged or consolidated, (b) resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Seller or the Purchaser is a party or (c) succeeding to the business of the Seller or the Purchaser, provided, that in any of the foregoing cases such corporation or other entity shall execute an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Seller or the Purchaser, as the case may be, under this Agreement and, whether or not such assumption agreement is executed, shall be the successor to the Seller or the Purchaser, as the case may be, hereunder (without relieving the Seller or the Purchaser of their responsibilities hereunder, if it survives such merger or consolidation) without the execution or filing of any document or any further action by any of the parties to this Agreement, provided, further, that, in the case of the Purchaser, such surviving corporation or other entity has governing documents that contain provisions relating to limitations on business and other matters substantively identical to those contained in the Purchaser's limited liability company agreement. The Seller or the Purchaser shall promptly inform the other party, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee and, as a condition to the consummation of the transactions referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above, (x) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 3.1, in the case of a transaction involving the Seller, or Section 3.2 of this Agreement, in the case of a transaction involving the Purchaser (in each such case, with such changes to the representations and warranties as are necessary to reflect the organizational form and jurisdiction of formation of the surviving entity), shall have been breached (for purposes hereof, such representations and warranties shall speak as of the date of the consummation of such transaction) and be continuing, (y) the Seller or the Purchaser, as applicable, shall have delivered written notice of such consolidation, merger or purchase and assumption to the Rating Agencies prior to the consummation of such transaction and shall have delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee an Officer's Certificate of the Seller or a certificate signed by or on behalf of the Purchaser, as applicable, and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section 6.2 and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with, and (z) the Seller or the Purchaser, as applicable, shall have delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, stating, in the opinion of such counsel, either (A) all financing statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary to preserve and protect the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property and reciting the details of the filings, or (B) no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interests.
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SECTION VI.3 Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others. The Seller and any director, officer, employee or agent thereof may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising under this Agreement. The Seller shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its obligations under this Agreement or the Basic Documents to which it is a party and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability.
SECTION VI.4 Seller May Own Notes or the Certificates. Subject to the provisions hereof, and of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture and the Trust Agreement, the Seller and any Affiliate of the Seller may in their individual or any other capacity become the owner or pledgee of Notes or the Certificates with the same rights as they would have if they were not the Seller or an Affiliate thereof.
SECTION VI.5 Amendment.
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SECTION VI.6 Notices. All demands, notices and communications to the Seller or the Purchaser hereunder shall be in writing, personally delivered or sent by facsimile (subsequently confirmed in writing), reputable overnight courier or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be deemed to have been given upon receipt (a) in the case of the Seller, to United Auto Credit Corporation, 1071 Camelback Street, Suite 100, Newport Beach, California 92660; Attn: Chief Financial Officer, or (b) in the case of the Purchaser, to United Auto Credit Financing LLC, c/o United Auto Credit Corporation, 1071 Camelback Street, Suite 100, Newport Beach, California 92660; Attn: Chief Financial officer, or such other address as shall be designated by a party in a written notice delivered to the other party and to the Issuer, Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee.
SECTION VI.7 Merger and Integration. Except as specifically stated otherwise herein, this Agreement and the other Basic Documents set forth the entire understanding of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and all prior understandings, written or oral, are superseded by this Agreement and the other Basic Documents. This Agreement may not be modified, amended, waived or supplemented except as provided herein.
SECTION VI.8 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION VI.9 Intention of the Parties. The execution and delivery of this Agreement shall constitute an acknowledgment by the Seller and the Purchaser that they intend that the assignments and transfers herein contemplated constitute sales and assignments outright, and not for security, of the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property, conveying good title thereto free and clear of any Liens, from the Seller to the Purchaser, and that the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property shall not be a part of the Seller's estate in the event of the bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding, or other proceeding under any federal or State bankruptcy or similar law, or the occurrence of another similar event, of, or with respect to the Seller. In the event that any such conveyance is determined to be made as security for a loan made by the Purchaser, the Issuer, the Noteholders or the Certificateholders to the Seller, the Seller hereby grants to the Purchaser a security interest in all of the Seller's right, title and interest in and to the following property whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or
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arising, and this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law (collectively, the "Purchase Agreement Collateral"):
SECTION VI.10 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE
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JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, AND THE FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION BASED ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS, AND ANY OBJECTION TO VENUE OF ANY ACTION INSTITUTED HEREUNDER IN ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS AND CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY SUCH COURT. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANY OF THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. INSTEAD, ANY SUCH DISPUTE RESOLVED IN COURT WILL BE RESOLVED IN A BENCH TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY.
SECTION VI.11 Counterparts. For the purpose of facilitating the execution of this Agreement and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION VI.12 Further Conveyance of the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property. The Seller acknowledges that (a) the Purchaser intends, pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to convey the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property, together with its rights under this Agreement, to the Issuer on the Closing Date, and (b) that the Issuer intends, pursuant to the Indenture, to pledge the Receivables and the Other Conveyed Property, together with its rights under this Agreement, to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date. The Seller acknowledges and consents to such conveyance and pledge and waives any further notice thereof and covenants and agrees that the representations and warranties of the Seller contained in this Agreement and the rights of the Purchaser hereunder are intended to benefit the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Seller covenants and agrees to perform its duties and obligations hereunder, in accordance with the terms hereof for the benefit of the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders and that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Seller shall be directly liable to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders (notwithstanding any failure by the Servicer, the Backup Servicer or the Purchaser to perform its respective duties and obligations hereunder or under Basic Documents) and that the Indenture Trustee may enforce the duties and obligations of the Seller under this Agreement against the Seller for the benefit of the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Certificateholders.
SECTION VI.13 Nonpetition Covenant. The Seller shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the payment in full of the Notes, petition or join any Person in instituting or otherwise invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against the Issuer or the Purchaser under any federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
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trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or the Purchaser or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer or the Purchaser. Neither the Purchaser nor the Seller shall, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the payment in full of the Notes, petition or join or otherwise invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of (a) commencing or sustaining a case against the Issuer under any federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, (b) appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any substantial part of its property or (c) ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer.
SECTION VI.14 Third-Party Beneficiaries. The provisions of this Agreement are for the benefit of the parties hereto and the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Backup Servicer, as third-party beneficiaries.
SECTION VI.15 Electronic Signatures.
This Agreement shall be valid, binding and enforceable against a party only when executed and delivered by an authorized individual on behalf of the party by means of (a) any electronic signature permitted by the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and/or any other relevant electronic signatures law, including relevant provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code (collectively, "Signature Law"), (b) an original manual signature or (c) a faxed, scanned or photocopied manual signature. Each faxed, scanned or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with respect to, any faxed, scanned or photocopied manual signature, or other electronic signature, of any party and shall have no duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity thereof. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall, together, constitute one and the same instrument. For avoidance of doubt, original manual signatures shall be used for execution or indorsement of writings and authentication of certificates when required under the Uniform Commercial Code or other Signature Law due to the character or intended character of the writings.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written.
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SCHEDULE A
Schedule of Receivables
[On file with United Auto, the Indenture Trustee and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP]
SCHEDULE B
Representations and Warranties of Seller
1. Characteristics of Receivables. Each Receivable (i) was originated (A) by Seller, (B) by an Originating Affiliate and was validly assigned by such Originating Affiliate to Seller or (C) by a Dealer and purchased by Seller from such Dealer under an existing Dealer Agreement or pursuant to a Dealer Assignment with Seller and was validly assigned by such Dealer to Seller pursuant to a Dealer Assignment, (ii) was originated by Seller, such Originating Affiliate or such Dealer for the retail sale of a Financed Vehicle in the ordinary course of Seller's, such Originating Affiliate's or the Dealer's business, in each case was originated in accordance with Seller's credit policies and was fully and properly executed by the parties thereto, and Seller, each Originating Affiliate and each Dealer had all necessary licenses and permits to originate Receivables in the State where Seller, each such Originating Affiliate or each such Dealer was located, (iii) contains customary and enforceable provisions such as to render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for realization against the collateral security, (iv) is a Receivable which provides for level monthly payments (provided that the payment in the first monthly payment period and the payment in the final monthly payment period of the Receivable may be minimally different from the normal period and level payment) which, if made when due, shall fully amortize the Amount Financed over the original term and (v) has not been amended or collections with respect to which waived, other than as evidenced in the Receivable File or the Servicer's electronic records relating thereto.
2. No Fraud or Misrepresentation. Each Receivable was originated (i) by Seller, (ii) by an Originating Affiliate and was assigned by the Originating Affiliate to Seller or (iii) by a Dealer and was sold by the Dealer to Seller, and was sold by Seller to the Purchaser, in each case, without any fraud or misrepresentation on the part of such Originating Affiliate, Dealer or Seller.
3. Compliance with Law. All requirements of applicable federal, State and local laws, and regulations thereunder (including usury laws, the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Billing Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's "B" and "Z" (including amendments to the Federal Reserve's Official Staff Commentary to Regulation Z, effective October 1, 1998, concerning negative equity loans), the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, each applicable State Motor Vehicle Retail Installment Sales Act, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and State adaptations of the National Consumer Act and of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code and other consumer credit laws and equal credit opportunity and disclosure laws) in respect of the Receivables and the Financed Vehicles, have been complied with in all material respects, and each Receivable and the sale of the Financed Vehicle evidenced by each Receivable complied at the time it was originated or made and now complies in all material respects with all applicable legal requirements.
4. Origination. Each Receivable was originated in the United States of America.
5. Binding Obligation. Each Receivable represents the genuine, legal, valid and binding payment obligation of the Obligor thereon, enforceable by the holder thereof in accordance with its terms, except (i) as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by equitable limitations on
the availability of specific remedies, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and (ii) as such Receivable may be modified by the application after the Cutoff Date of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as amended; and all parties to each Receivable had full legal capacity to execute and deliver such Receivable and all other documents related thereto and to grant the security interest purported to be granted thereby.
6. No Government Obligor. No Obligor is the United States of America or any State or any agency, department, subdivision or instrumentality thereof.
7. Obligor Bankruptcy. As of the Cutoff Date, no Obligor had been identified on the records of Seller as being the subject of a current bankruptcy proceeding.
8. Schedule of Receivables. The information set forth in the Schedule of Receivables has been produced from the Electronic Ledger and was true and correct in all material respects as of the close of business on the Cutoff Date.
9. Marking Records. Each of Seller and the Purchaser has indicated in its files that the Receivables have been sold to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement and Granted to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. Further, Seller has indicated in its computer files that the Receivables are owned by the Issuer.
10. Computer Tape. The Computer Tape made available by the Purchaser to the Issuer on the Closing Date was complete and accurate as of the Cutoff Date and includes a description of the same Receivables that are described in the Schedule of Receivables.
11. Adverse Selection. No selection procedures adverse to the Noteholders were utilized in selecting the Receivables from those receivables owned by the Purchaser which met the selection criteria set forth in clauses (i) through (xv) of number 28 of this Schedule B.
12. Chattel Paper. The Receivables constitute either "tangible chattel paper" or "electronic chattel paper" within the meaning of the UCC as in effect in the State of New York.
13. One Original. There is only one original executed copy (or with respect to Electronic Contracts, one Authoritative Copy) of each Contract. With respect to Electronic Contracts, each Authoritative Copy (i) is unique, identifiable and unalterable (other than with the participation of Custodian) and (ii) has been communicated to and is maintained by E-Vault Provider as designated custodian of the Indenture Trustee.
14. Non-Authoritative Copy Identification. With respect to Electronic Contracts, the Servicer or the Custodian has marked, or caused to be marked, all copies of each such Contract, other than an Authoritative Copy, with a watermark to the following effect: "View of Non- Authoritative Copy" or similar language.
15. Receivable Files Complete. There exists a Receivable File pertaining to each Receivable and such Receivable File contains a fully executed original (or with respect to Electronic Contracts, one Authoritative Copy) of the Contract, the Lien Certificate or a copy of the application therefor. Related documentation concerning the Receivable, including any documentation regarding modifications of the Contract, will be maintained electronically by the Servicer in accordance with
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the Servicing Policies and Procedures. Each of such documents which is required to be signed by the Obligor has been signed by the Obligor in the appropriate spaces. All applicable blanks on any form have been properly filled in and each form has otherwise been correctly prepared. The Custodian will maintain the complete Receivable File for each Receivable, including with respect to each Receivable evidence by a Contract that constitutes "tangible chattel paper", a fully executed original of such Contract at one of its offices or the offices of one of its agents or sub-contractors within the United States. With respect to each Receivable evidenced by an Electronic Contract, one Authoritative Copy of such Electronic Contract is and will be maintained in the UACC 2025-1 ABS Vault Partition.
16. Receivables in Force. No Receivable has been satisfied, subordinated or rescinded, and the Financed Vehicle securing each such Receivable has not been released from the lien of the related Receivable in whole or in part. No terms of any Receivable have been waived, altered or modified in any respect since its origination, except by instruments or documents identified in the Receivable File or the Servicer's electronic records.
17. Lawful Assignment. No Receivable was originated in, or is subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction the laws of which would make unlawful, void or voidable the sale, transfer and assignment of such Receivable under this Agreement or pursuant to transfers of the Notes.
18. Good Title. Immediately prior to the conveyance of the Receivables to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement, the Purchaser was the sole owner thereof and had good and indefeasible title thereto, free of any Lien and, upon execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Purchaser, the Issuer shall have good and indefeasible title to and will be the sole owner of such Receivables, free of any Lien. No Dealer has a participation in, or other right to receive, proceeds of any Receivable. The Purchaser has not taken any action to convey any right to any Person that would result in such Person having a right to payments received under the related Insurance Policies or the related Dealer Agreements or Dealer Assignments or to payments due under such Receivables.
19. Security Interest in Financed Vehicle. Each Receivable created or shall create a valid, binding and enforceable first priority security interest in favor of Seller (or an Originating Affiliate which first priority security interest has been assigned to Seller) in the Financed Vehicle. The Lien Certificate for each Financed Vehicle shows, or if a new or replacement Lien Certificate is being applied for with respect to such Financed Vehicle the Lien Certificate will be received within 180 days of the origination date of the related Receivable and will show, Seller (or an Originating Affiliate) named as the original secured party under each Receivable as the holder of a first priority security interest in such Financed Vehicle. With respect to each Receivable for which the Lien Certificate has not yet been returned from the Registrar of Titles, Seller or the related Originating Affiliate has applied for or received written evidence from the related Dealer that such Lien Certificate showing Seller, an Originating Affiliate or the Issuer, as applicable, as first lienholder has been applied for and the Originating Affiliate's security interest has been validly assigned by the Originating Affiliate to Seller and Seller's security interest (assigned by Seller to the Purchaser pursuant to the Purchase Agreement) has been validly assigned by the Purchaser to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement. The Sale and Servicing Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the UCC) in the Receivables in favor of the Issuer, which security interest is prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from the Purchaser. Immediately after the sale, transfer and assignment by the Purchaser
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to the Issuer, each Receivable will be secured by an enforceable and perfected first priority security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of the Indenture Trustee as secured party, which security interest is prior to all other Liens upon and security interests in such Financed Vehicle which now exist or may hereafter arise or be created (except, as to priority, for any lien for taxes, labor or materials affecting a Financed Vehicle). As of the Cutoff Date, there were no Liens or claims for taxes, work, labor or materials affecting a Financed Vehicle which are or may be Liens prior or equal to the Liens of the related Receivable.
20. All Filings Made. All filings (including UCC filings (including the filing by the Seller of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the State of California under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Receivables granted to the Purchaser hereunder)) required to be made by any Person and actions required to be taken or performed by any Person in any jurisdiction to give the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee a first priority perfected lien on, or ownership interest in, the Receivables and the proceeds thereof and the Other Conveyed Property have been made, taken or performed.
21. Required Legend. The Receivables which are Electronic Contracts are in the UACC 2025-1 ABS Vault Partition and contain the Required Legend. The Electronic Contracts that constitute or evidence the Receivables do not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Issuer, as owner, and held by United Auto, as Custodian, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, as secured party.
22. No Impairment. The Seller has not done anything to convey any right to any Person that would result in such Person having a right to payments due under the Receivables or otherwise to impair the rights of the Purchaser, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders in any Receivable or the proceeds thereof. Other than the security interest granted to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement and except any other security interests that have been fully released and discharged as of the Closing Date, the Seller has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in or otherwise conveyed any of the Receivables. The Seller has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against the Seller that include a description of collateral covering the Receivables other than any financing statement relating to the security interest granted to the Purchaser hereunder or that has been terminated. The Seller is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against it.
23. Receivable Not Assumable. No Receivable is assumable by another Person in a manner which would release the Obligor thereof from such Obligor's obligations to the owner thereof with respect to such Receivable.
24. No Defenses. No Receivable is subject to any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or defense and no such right has been asserted or threatened with respect to any Receivable.
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25. No Default. There has been no default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of any Receivable (other than payment delinquencies of not more than 30 days), and no condition exists or event has occurred and is continuing that with notice, the lapse of time or both would constitute a default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the terms of any Receivable, and there has been no waiver of any of the foregoing. As of the Cutoff Date, no Financed Vehicle had been repossessed.
26. Insurance. At the time of an origination of a Receivable by Seller, an Originating Affiliate or a Dealer, each Financed Vehicle is required to be covered by a comprehensive and collision insurance policy in accordance with the Servicing Policies and Procedures. No Financed Vehicle is insured under a policy of force-placed insurance on the Cutoff Date.
27. Remaining Principal Balance. As of the Cutoff Date, the Principal Balance of each Receivable set forth in the Schedule of Receivables is true and accurate in all material respects.
28. Certain Characteristics of the Receivables.
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29. Interest Calculation. Each Contract provides for the calculation of interest payable thereunder under either the "simple interest" method.
30. Lockbox Account. Each Obligor has been, or will be, directed to make all payments on their related Receivable to the Lockbox Account.
31. Prepayment. Each Receivable allows for prepayment and partial prepayments without penalty and requires that a prepayment by the related Obligor will fully pay the principal balance and accrued interest through the date of prepayment based on the Receivable's Annual Percentage Rate.
32. Transfer. Each Receivable prohibits the sale or transfer of the Financed Vehicle without the consent of the Seller.
33. Lien Enforcement. Each Receivable provides for enforcement of the lien or the clear legal right of repossession, as applicable, on the Financed Vehicle securing such Receivable.
34. Offering Memorandum Description. Each Receivable conforms, and all Receivables in the aggregate conform, in all material respects to the description thereof set forth in the Offering Memorandum.
35. Risk of Loss. Each Contract contains provisions requiring the Obligor to assume all risk of loss or malfunction on the related Financed Vehicle, requiring the Obligor to pay all sales, use, property, excise and other similar taxes imposed on or with respect to the Financed Vehicle and making the Obligor liable for all payments required to be made thereunder, without any setoff, counterclaim or defense for any reason whatsoever, subject only to the Obligor's right of quiet enjoyment.
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36. Leasing Business. To the best of the Purchaser's and the Servicer's knowledge, as appropriate, no Obligor is a Person involved in the business of leasing or selling equipment of a type similar to the Obligor's related Financed Vehicle.
37. Consumer Leases. No Receivable constitutes a "consumer lease" under either (a) the UCC as in effect in the jurisdiction the law of which governs the Receivable or (b) the Consumer Leasing Act, 15 USC 1667.
38. Perfection. The Seller has taken all steps necessary to perfect the Purchaser's security interest against the related Obligors in the property securing the Receivables and will take all necessary steps on behalf of the Issuer to maintain the Issuer's perfection of the security interest created by each Receivable in the related Financed Vehicle.
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